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WoRMS name details

Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

216786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216786)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted name

Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Arestorides Iredale, 1930

Parent

Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758

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Subspecies Cypraea argus contrastriata Perry, 1811 accepted as Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Variety Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1903 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Variety Cypraea argus var. ventricosa J. E. Gray, 1824 accepted as Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216786 on 2026-08-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-10-02 15:31:39Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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basis of record Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey. (look up in IMIS) [details]